FYI from BATR

A new book details the United States government's use of “The Force” in defense of national security. "Reading the Enemy's Mind: Inside Star Gate – America's Psychic Espionage Program," by retired military intelligence Major Paul H. Smith (Tor/Forge, 2005) tells us that, unbeknownst to most Star Wars movie fans, the U.S. government began tapping the power of The Force as early as 1972. In that year, the Central Intelligence Agency first contracted with a physicist and his associates at a government think-tank to research and apply remote viewing, a real variety of ESP, to ferret out the secrets of our Cold-War adversaries. The effort continued in secret for nearly a quarter of a century.